MacKay Champion Genealogy - Person Sheet
MacKay Champion Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameEliza Bliss Townsend 
Birth Date1788
Death Date15 Jun 1869
Death PlaceCavendish, PEI
Burial PlaceCavendish, PEI
MemoCavendish Community Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1781
Birth PlaceCharlottetown, PEI
Death Date15 Mar 1870
Death PlaceCavendish, PEI
Burial PlaceCavendish, PEI
MemoCavendish Community Cemetery
FatherJohn MacNeill (1750-1815)
MotherMargaret Simpson (1759-1849)
Marr Date1806
Notes for Eliza Bliss Townsend
Eliza's father, Capt. James Townsend was in the British navy. He had received a large grant of land in P.E.I. for service to his country. This land, Park Corner, was named after the family estate in Berkshire, England.
Eliza's father:
Captain Townsend was the father of Eliza who married Old Speaker MacNeill. Interesting background on Park Corner too.
JAMES TOWNSEND
Captain in the British nay. Received large grant of land on north shore of P.E.I. for service to his country.
He named this land Park Corner after the name of the family estate in Berkshire, England.
Married Elizabeth, they had 3 children:
Eliza Ann, married James Campbell
Mary, married John Cousin and settles in Park Corner on lot 20.
Eliza, born in 1788, married William (Old Speaker) Macneill in 1806
Eliza's father:
Captain Townsend was the father of Eliza who married Old Speaker MacNeill. Interesting background on Park Corner too.
JAMES TOWNSEND
Captain in the British nay. Received large grant of land on north shore of P.E.I. for service to his country.
He named this land Park Corner after the name of the family estate in Berkshire, England.
Married Elizabeth, they had 3 children:
Eliza Ann, married James Campbell
Mary, married John Cousin and settles in Park Corner on lot 20.
Eliza, born in 1788, married William (Old Speaker) Macneill in 1806